collegiate education
organizations
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
On January 9, 1866, Fisk Free Colored School, named in honor of General Clinton B. Fisk, was opened in Nashville, Tennessee. The school, which first offered instruction in the primary subjects of alphabet, lettering, and counting to formerly enslaved Africans of all ages, quickly evolved into Fisk University. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; Fisk University]
Fisk University